Munged post. :: [plug] linux in industry

Brad Campbell brad at wasp.net.au
Mon Nov 1 13:08:01 WST 2004


Milan Pospisil wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:05:27 +0800, john hilton <fiasco_j at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
>>Then install knoppix onto the HDD if it works live. Or maybe Mepis; has been
>>very nice for me, from bootable to install.
>>
>>john h
> 
> 
> Yep, that is one way around it. But that is not my point.What I am
> trying to say is that one should exercise caution when using Knoppix
> as a probing tool for general Linux compatibility, because the results
> you will get that way might be rather optimistic, as Knoppix due to
> its nature will thrive in environments where other distroes might
> struggle or fail.

Ah, but if Knoppix works then you at least know your probably not much more than a kernel compile 
away from having it work on your distribution of choice :p)

Brad



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